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The Supreme Court of Texas has nixed Texas Southern University's immunity= from a contractor joint venture's suit seeking more than $6 million for wo= rk done on a $41.5 million dormitory project, ruling on Friday that Texas l= aw waives immunity for breach of contract claims against the public univers= ity involving construction.

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TOP NEWS

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Texas University Not Immune In Suit Over $42M Dorm Pro= ject

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By Isaac Monterose

The Supreme Court of Texas has nix= ed Texas Southern University's immunity from a contractor joint venture's s= uit seeking more than $6 million for work done on a $41.5 million dormitory= project, ruling on Friday that Texas law waives immunity for breach of con= tract claims against the public university involving construction.

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Catholic Church Sued Over Calif. Tribe's Casino Expans= ion

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By Caleb Symons

Descendants of the Jamul Indian Vi= llage have initiated new litigation to stop the California tribe from addin= g a 226-room hotel to its existing casino, saying the Catholic Church allow= ed the development to swallow up a Jamul cemetery where their ancestors wer= e buried.

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Commerce Defends 4th Crack At Setting French Steel Dut= ies

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By Alyssa Aquino

The U.S. Department of Commerce ha= s defended its fourth crack at determining a French steel company's antidum= ping duties, which turned out the same tariff as the prior three attempts, = saying Friday that its calculation method was only .24% off from the import= er's preferred alternative.

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Pa. Panel Sends Citizens' Mariner Pipeline Claims To P= UC

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By Peter McGuire

Pennsylvania residents who allege = an Energy Transfer LP affiliate lied to build the Mariner East II pipeline = through their properties have to bring most of their claims in front of the= state's public utilities commission, according to a Keystone State appeals= court ruling.

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Michigan Can Use National Securities Test, Panel Says<= /a>

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By David Holtzman

The state of Michigan was right to= use a standard adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court to determine that a promi= ssory note issued in a real estate deal was subject to state securities law= , an appeals panel has decided.

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POLICY & REGULATION

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Calif. Gov. Unveils Plan To Speed Up Clean Energy Proj= ects

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By Lauren Berg

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Fr= iday unveiled a package of legislation and signed an executive order to fas= t-track hundreds of billions of dollars worth of clean energy infrastructur= e projects throughout the Golden State.

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LITIGATION

Analysis

DC Circ. Ruling On LNG Project Won't Fix FERC Climate = Split

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By Keith Goldberg

The D.C. Circuit recently endorsed= the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's climate change review of a mass= ive liquefied natural gas export project, but agency watchers question how = much the decision will crack a current commissioner stalemate over weaving = climate into FERC's gas infrastructure approval policies.

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Couple Seek At Least $5M For Fees, Costs In Solar Farm= Win

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By Tom Lotshaw

A Georgia couple who won a $135.5 = million verdict against the owner and developer of a solar farm for polluti= ng their property with runoff are asking for an additional $2 million in ge= neral damages and at least $4.9 million in attorney fees and costs for the = companies' frivolous, meritless and bad faith arguments.

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Mich. Demolition Co. Fights $1.3M Tax Bill For Equipme= nt Use

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By Michael Nunes

A Michigan demolition company is c= hallenging a $1.3 million tax bill for its use of leased equipment to disma= ntle power plants and chemical processing facilities, arguing to the Michig= an Court of Claims that it qualifies for an industrial processing exemption= .

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Opinion

Time For Law Schools To Rethink Unsung Role Of Adjunct= s

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As law schools prepare for the fal= l 2023 semester, administrators should reevaluate the role of the underappr= eciated, indispensable adjunct, and consider 16 concrete actions to improve= the adjuncts' teaching experience, overall happiness and feeling of belong= ing, say T. Markus Funk at Perkins Coie, Andrew Boutros at Dechert and Euge= ne Volokh at UCLA.=20

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Shearman Strikes Merger Deal With Allen & Overy Fo= llowing Atty Losses

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By Xiumei Dong

Allen & Overy LLP and Shearman= & Sterling LLP said Sunday that they planned to merge, following month= s of high-profile exits at Shearman after its talks with Hogan Lovells fell= through.

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Ex-Lewis Brisbois COO's Claims Surface Amid Group Exod= us

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By Xiumei Dong

A former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard &= amp; Smith LLP executive officer leveled serious allegations and suspicions= against the firm in a 2019 Private Attorneys General Act filing, accusing = it of potentially misappropriating firm assets and lacking financial transp= arency, among other questionable practices.

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Justice Jackson Reveals Herself As 'Survivor' Superfan=

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By Jess Krochtengel

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji= Brown Jackson revealed herself as a "superfan" of the long-running reality= competition show "Survivor" and an ardent fan of musical theater in a pair= of commencement addresses to law school graduates this weekend.

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Ex-Ropes & Gray Partner Named Acting Mass. US Atto= rney

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By Chris Villani

Former Ropes & Gray LLP partne= r and top Rachael Rollins deputy Joshua Levy was officially tapped as actin= g U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts on Friday, following a tu= multuous week that ended with the resignation of his former boss.

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SEC Taps Covington Atty For Corporation Finance Policy= Role

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By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Securities and Exchange C= ommission announced Friday that it has named a Covington & Burling LLP = special counsel with extensive experience in the agency as the deputy direc= tor for legal and regulatory policy for the Division of Corporation Finance= .

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Conn. High Court Pick Who Backed Barrett In 2017 Bows = Out

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By Christine DeRosa

Sandra Slack Glover, Connecticut G= ov. Ned Lamont's nominee for a state Supreme Court seat, has withdrawn her = name from consideration days after she faced a seven-hour public hearing fo= cused on her decision to support now-Justice Amy Coney Barrett for a lower = court role in 2017, the governor's office said Friday.

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BCLP Storytelling Program Gives 24 Female Attys The St= age

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By Tracey Read

This week, Bryan Cave Leighton Pai= sner LLP wrapped up an inaugural leadership communications program with cor= porate clients that gave 24 up-and-coming female lawyers at the firm the ch= ance to gain skills to help them in their paths to being promoted up the ra= nks.=20

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In Trying To Dodge Service, Shaq Is Playing A Losing G= ame

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By Ryan Boysen

Shaquille O'Neal won four champion= ship rings during his legendary basketball career, and now he's chasing a l= egal accomplishment that's just as elusive: successfully avoiding service l= ong enough to have a civil suit against him dismissed.

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Calif. Justices Say Attys Must Reveal Suspensions To C= lients

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By Madison Arnold

The State Bar Court of California = must stop its informal practice of not requiring a lawyer who has been susp= ended for 90 days or less to notify clients, the courts and opposing counse= l of the attorney's suspension, the California Supreme Court said Friday.

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Analysis

Lessons Can Be Learned From Dallas Data Attack, Attys = Say

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By Catherine Marfin

As a ransomware attack targeting t= he city of Dallas stretches into its third week, cybersecurity attorneys sa= y there are already lessons to be learned about how entities can protect th= eir sensitive information.

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Attys Face Suspension Over Photo Taken At Fla. Officia= l's Trial

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By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge has threat= ened six attorneys with a local bar suspension and ethics training after on= e of them took a photo of opposing counsel talking to the media in the cour= troom during a trial for a Miami commissioner who allegedly weaponized the = government against a pair of business owners.

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NY US Atty Selects Deputy, Special Counsel

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By Emily Sawicki

The U.S. attorney for the Southern= District of New York has selected a new deputy U.S. attorney in the distri= ct effective immediately, just days after U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck= Schumer recommended the previous deputy U.S. attorney for a federal judges= hip.

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NJ Chief Justice Warns Vacancies Likely To Cause Shutd= owns

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By George Woolston

Chief Justice Stuart Rabner of New= Jersey Supreme Court warned Friday that the high number of judicial vacanc= ies is delaying hundreds of cases in the state and could lead to widespread= shutdowns of nonemergency cases.

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Detroit Court, Clerk Not Liable For Judge's Firing=

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By Danielle Ferguson

A Detroit district court and its f= ormer court administrator can't be sued for allegedly wrongfully firing a f= ormer chief magistrate judge who raised concerns that court personnel were = mishandling warrants, a Michigan appellate panel said, because the court ha= s governmental immunity and the administrator didn't have the authority to = fire the judge.

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Law Firm Beats Rival's TM Suit But Founder Still On Ho= ok

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By Andrew Karpan

A federal judge in Phoenix has fou= nd that a local personal injury law firm didn't make its case that a rival'= s purchase of Google search terms violated trademark law, but said he would= set a trial date on related unfair competition claims against the law firm= 's principal.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

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By Kevin Penton

Clement & Murphy PLLC rises to= the top of Law360's Legal Lions in a week with several high-profile U= .S. Supreme Court decisions, after the justices held that a patent covering= a class of processes must provide enough information for the invention's f= ull scope to be replicated.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week=

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By Sue Reisinger

Still feeling the massive fallout = from its 2016 scandals, Wells Fargo has agreed to pay a whopping $1 billion= to settle a class action by investors. And an energy company's recent scan= dal raises the question of what general counsel can do when the boss brings= pressure to hire a particular law firm; our experts have some suggestions.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In Londo= n

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By Tabitha Burbidge

The past week in London has seen a= n ex-Sidley Austin partner and others bring legal action against HMRC and C= PS over tax fraud charges, Dexcom rekindle its patent dispute with rival Ab= bott and Mitsubishi sue the operator of Ever Given. Here, Law360 looks at t= hese and other new claims in the U.K.

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Podcast

Pro Say: A 95-Year-Old Judge Is At War With Her Court=

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The Federal Circuit is in the midd= le of a sensitive inquiry to determine whether 95-year-old U.S. Circuit Jud= ge Pauline Newman is mentally fit to remain on the bench in light of what c= olleagues have termed "bizarre" and "paranoid" behavior from the veteran ju= dge, escalating tensions that were already high after she filed a lawsuit a= rguing her constitutional rights are being violated.

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COMPA= NIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abbott Laboratories

Accenture PLC

Activision Blizzard Inc.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Libert= ies Union of Michigan

Amgen Inc.

Analytical Lab Group LLC

Apollo Global Management LLC

Apple Inc.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

Corporate Legal Operation= s Consortium

Credit Agricole SA

Emerson Electric Co.

Energy Transfer LP

Enterprise Holdings Inc.

Ernst & Young LLP

Evergreen Marine Corp.

Georgetown University

Google LLC

Harvard University

Infrastructure & Ener= gy Alternatives Inc.

Instagram Inc.

Institute for Policy Integrity

LexisNexis Group Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Lloyds Bank PLC

Medtronic PLC

Miami Herald Media Co.

Microsoft Corp.

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

Morgan Stanley

National Grid PLC

NetSuite Inc.

New Jersey State Bar Associatio= n

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Robinhood Markets Inc.

SBA Communications Corp.

Sanofi SA

Shipt Inc.

Sierra Club

Solicitors Regulation Author= ity Ltd.

Spotify Technology SA

Sunoco LP

Target Corp.

Tesla Inc.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Walt Disney Parks & = Resorts Worldwide Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.

Yale University

YouTube Inc.


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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olsw= ang

Devonshires Solicitors

Duane Morris

Fish & Richardson

Girardi & Keese

Herbert Smith Freehills

Shakespeare Martineau

GOVE= RNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Indian Affairs

California Labo= r and Workforce Development Agency

California Supreme Court

Council on Environmental Quality=

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Union

Federal Energy Regulatory Co= mmission

Fish and Wildlife Service

Jamul Indian Village

Michigan Depa= rtment of Licensing & Regulatory Affairs

Michigan Department of Treasury

New Jersey Supreme Court

New York Attorney General'= s Office

Pennsylvania Public Utili= ty Commission

State of Michigan

Texas Attorney General's Offi= ce

Texas Supreme Court

The Crown Prosecution Service

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. District Cour= t for the District of Arizona

U.S. D= istrict Court for the Southern District of California

U.S. Dist= rict Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Dis= trict Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Office Of Special Counsel

U.S. Securities and Excha= nge Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

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